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SUMMER CONCERT AT ST ANDREW’S ON FRIDAY, JULY 12 at 7:00 pm! Our own Griffin McMahon (piano) will be teaming up with David Behnke and Jenny Friedman (vocalists), to perform Dear Edvard & The Space of Dreams – a collaborative concert featuring the music of award-winning composer Steven Schoenberg. This concert will feature music from “Dear Edvard,” a 2017 music-theatre piece first premiered at MASS MoCA about the life and art of Edvard Munch with lyrics by Richard Michelson and music by Mr. Schoenberg. The play’s music ranges from beautiful to hilarious and powerfully dramatic. This concert will also feature the world premiere of Schoenberg’s setting of “The Space of Dreams,” a poem by the Vineyard’s own luminary poet Rose Styron. Both Styron and Schoenberg plan to be in attendance, making this concert a unique opportunity to hear wonderful new music in the intimate setting of St Andrew’s…and to meet the poet and composer themselves! Reception to follow the concert in the Parish House. This is a concert not to be missed! Suggested donation: $20. Bring some friends and make a beautiful summer evening together!
CONSIDERING BAPTISM, CONFIRMATION, OR RECEPTION INTO THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH? OR JUST WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT BEING A CHRISTIAN? Father Chip is offering a FOUR, ONE-HOUR series to get you up to speed, either way. For those who would like to be baptized, we’ll take care of (sacramental) business right here at St Andrew’s among friends and family. For those who have never been either confirmed or received into the church, we typically make an annual pilgrimage together to Boston in October to get a bishop to lay his or her hands on you, together with others from churches in the Diocese—a truly special event. PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SIGN UP SHEETS AT THE FRONT OF THE CHURCH, OR IN THE PARISH HOUSE, AND SEE FATHER CHIP WITH ANY QUESTIONS !
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! There will be a Summer Lunch Program available this summer from July 8 until August 12. St Andrew’s has been asked to help with the Boys and Girls Club site, which is where we have participated for the last few years. We not only need volunteers—JUST ONE HOUR, FROM 11:15—12:15 each day you sign up, but we also need someone who can be a coordinator. Mardi Moran will be happy to explain what needs to be done and Marie Ambrose for Island Grown Initiative will help as well. Please sign up in the Parish House or contact Mardi mardi.moran@gmail.com or Marie at marie@igimv.org if you can help. Thank you!
BOOK YOUR STAY AT THE MONASTERY NOW! A number of St Andrew’s parishioners have been putting aside some personal retreat time each year to head off to The Society of St John the Evangelist in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for a number of years now. WHY NOT JOIN US? Father Chip has booked the afternoon of Tuesday, October 29 through the morning of Sunday, November 3 (or any fewer dates, if desired) for anyone to join him on a personal, non-directed retreat at this beautiful monastery of an Episcopal order of monks. Please see Father Chip to sign up, or with any questions. ONLY 2 MORE SPACES AVAILABLE, FIRST COME FIRST SERVED—AND RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BEFORE JULY 15.
DID YOU KNOW ST ANDREW’S HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE? Poli Wilson hasoffered to help us keep it up to speed with announcements and events, but we NEED YOU TO LIKE US on Facebook, and send us your photos and news of St Andrew’s life…questions? Please speak with Heather Anne in the office, and email her your pics, at office@standrewsmv.org.
CENTERING PRAYER will return to St. Andrew’s in the fall and meet between services at 9:15 in the Parish House. For the summer, the Centering Prayer group will meet on Tuesdays at The Good Shepherd Parish Center in Oak Bluffs (near the Library). Questions? Please call Susan Kelly at 1-774-563-0634.
THE CHURCH OFFICE has temporarily relocated across the street into the Parish House Library. The temporary phone number is 508-627-7843. (Father Chip is still in the church building; only the secretary’s office has moved).
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